I don't usually run into a lot of new people in the first place. If I do I'm probably showing 'em how to get around Calvalese or take down monsters instead. I've taught some of my kids how to do it, though.

[ She grabs her sewing stuff from the nightstand and puts it in her bag, and Radheya shifts to his bird form and perches on her shoulder.

And, since she's assuming the old geezer is Van Zieks-- ]

Oh, you know that guy's only thirty-three? He gets all huffy about it if you call him old.